Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-12-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Gf~a Oar Regular cansgesass,J
WAsuixorox. Dec I. 1887

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
fsoa Oar Regular consgesassiJ
wAsnISoroS. Dee Z. 1887
The interesting question 9Th the
Members Of the House when tbs session
bsgin. 10 -hs, committees they are to
s,, on. some Of tbs old msmb-n are
looking for ne~ places more prominent
than those held by them In the lAs' Con.
grs., and the new members are anxious
10 be we'll assgaei. thoash IL 10 n1' 10
all cases clear What they want There
sppssrs 20 he no reason 20 suppose that
| MI Randall gill be taken from the head
u The Committee on appropriations. IL
IL no, thoash, likely th., Mr. Cslisls
would do that Many OF hs s'foos
hiends have said that they ~Oili MT
vote for him Coz speaker n Il.sd.ll =.
to be permitted to stay At thu head OF the
committee, but there IL not much mean
ing 10 thu, so,t Of tsls. Me-. Carlisle
and bis friend. are seriously eoasldsri1s
how they can take IL out Of Mr.. Randall.
poser 10 ilaasncs the ,And vote by use
& the appropriation bills. and Il 10 quite
possible that be may be given commit.
tee which, - chairman, he cannot con-
rol. The disposition OF the tarih 10.
former. At mi. time seems 10 be favorsble
80 doing soms,hing rather than TO insist.
ing upon everything that they -ould
luke TO get. Their concessions viii be
area, 10 SECURE . rdse,ion Of the tariii.
| ed /, /. possible thu, they may 20 lar
-nough 10 secure az ssreemen' With MI
Randall. though there are not many Who
nave confidence In such . result.
Ther, are t~eniy.ssven red-be.d'd
Representative In the new House. Ise
aumbsr !. vouehed for by an othe,f oi
he House ~ho has hep, record. Thee
ate many 9TH sandy hair and hair that
| l. almost rad red enough TO attract .
gray horse. ba, none Of ths'e are counted.
twenty. .svsn heads 20 match against
-en,y seven horses Of pure white
head. ths, ere Of pronoanesd red without
qualification or stease-~sre Assem-
sIed In the House on Mondsy. ssd vii
light that body on ns wsy 10 wisdom
n,xt winter. TteIs may be mote yet to
come. q. the returns are not yet complete
There s . superstition which causes
many member, TO hope gres, things from
q Congress possessing ,hs striking feat.
urs. Many Congresses have been noted
TOT their grey heads snd bald head. aud
.ome. /, 10 said. for pig heads. bat no Con.
.,ss before could bo.s, more than halt
dossn red heads. |, 10 proposed that
the, ell be s~ofn In q, once. s,sndsrs "a
Circles Of fr-aroand the Speaker
leak, and there will be 81 anxiety On The
att OF each committee TO 81 one 'o'
god luck. AZ there ate fot'y ''eVsn
sanding committee. there vii! not b
enough 10 90 around. 90 there may Be
pretty sharp rivalry.
There eomss 20 the writer hereof from
.,ep quarter the new. that ws'h'nsior
Il. to b. ovsieems with . ,sii,sbse cloud
| tbsagiiiul -omsn during the eomif !
.ss.On. in quality and qualify sreeed'a.
any pteyioa. blessed visitation the mem
~ Of tie oli,., beau can recall.
Thi. city 10 becoming more AID more
"a winter city," that 10. one -ho'e pfin'
ci pei benefits aud advantages are IN the
-inisr. either because Of lie climate OF
the superiority OF It's social attractions
| 1, Is utterly unliks any other place or
his eide Of he Atlantic. lthNno"oa'i'
as,s;" that 10. TO speak Of. when Mes
York. Phiisdslphis. OF Boston are men.
Toned alongside Of IL. !, dos.n', dePetd
upon trade or commercial supremacy IN
LIS existence. Most Of ,hoss here ~ho.'
wing depends upon their dali! ~sss'
.re In the employ men, Of the Govern
nsnt. either In places Of greater OF l's'
n.pou.iblhiy. To the old.time sri'io'
er.tie population there hA, been added
el.. Of citizens from other cities sec
town. Who have hrsd incomes. aud are
90, dspebd,n, upon tie fluctuations Of
u.de. They do no, ~sni To live IN
-ks, they esll "busine,s city; 'hs
l.. oas -ho.e importance depends upon
Its if,ds. So they have come here
The mlldsr climate Is charming to people
.ko have been accustomed 10 Ave moaIh'
Of snow each year. and . Thermometer
angling around. about. and below tes
zero mark ell the time.
| I, IL . fec, no, generally kno~n that
the Librarian Of Congress answer. all In
,uiries SEQ, to him by neil. Th. IN
wolves enormous lsbOr. bat this Mt Spot.
ford considers par, Of his duties. and ~
the Library Of Congress 10 vas; bafeaa
of popular information. l AIN sure that
4 the people Of the Uni,.d STATE. gen
rally knew ,ha, they could &c, inform
alton by merely writing 10 the LIBRARIAN
{ Congress ,ha, be would have larger
orrsspondencs than that Of the Senator'S
nd Msmbeis Of Congress together.